cham|bray

cham|bray
cham|bray «SHAM bray», noun.
a soft cotton cloth woven from white (woof) and colored (warp) threads, used for dresses and men's shirts. It is a kind of gingham.
[< Cambrai, a town in France. See etym. of doublet cambric. (Cf.cambric)]

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